Bill Konigsberg Quotes
The idea that because things are worse somewhere else, you’re not allowed to have issues in your life. That’s what people who are trying to avoid having normal feelings say.
Quotes to Explore
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Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.
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I always have issues with trust.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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I've got weird conflicting feelings about my generation.
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Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down.
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I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just find the medium that's best for this idea and master it and do that.'
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I built my entire life on the idea of independence.
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I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable.
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You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.
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Lyndon Johnson faced some clear moral issues.
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I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.
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My God may not be your idea of God, but one thing I know of my God - he makes me a humanitarian. I am a proud Jew because we gave the world the Bible and the story of Joseph.
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Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.
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Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and monetary union.
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If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, thats what you aim for.
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Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort.
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As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I'll be happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, I'll be happy. As long as I can write in some form, I'll be happy. It is the essential things like that I equate with happiness.
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The male's difficulties in his sexual relations after marriage include a lack of facility, of ease, or of suavity in establishing rapport in a sexual situation.
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The idea that because things are worse somewhere else, you’re not allowed to have issues in your life. That’s what people who are trying to avoid having normal feelings say.
